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By: Joe Brewer

Joe Brewer — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:38:16 +0000

Hey Dan,

Very nice post. I agree 100%. One of the key missing elements I see right now for Seattle is organizational structure and cultural practices that bring coherence to the exciting ideas and emerging solutions throughout the region. Luckily, this is something that can be remedied in a fairly straightforward way.

In fact, I’m networking like mad these days with leading innovative thinkers in local government, social businesses, and forward-looking nonprofits as part of a project to catalyze the innovation scene here and set up key structures for long-term strategic visioning and coordination of efforts to bring sustainable design to the entire region.

Let me know if you want to participate! This’ll only work if we promote synergistic parallel collaborations throughout the growing web of activities in Seattle (and around the world).

Best,

Joe Brewer
Director, Cognitive Policy Works

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:56:56 +0000

How is this for a goal?

http://www.thestar.com/article/696394

I want this here. Now.

By: slag

slag — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:33:24 +0000

I like it! And one way to keep goals from becoming (or seeming) too lofty is to issue them as “challenges”. As Jonathan O mentioned, we like to be riled up. It galvanizes us. And if someone challenges us to do something, our rebellious spirit is engaged. “Yes We Can” was so valuable for Obama because inherent in the phrase was the unstated notion that some people might be thinking we couldn’t. And that simply will not do.

By: JoshMahar

JoshMahar — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:46:54 +0000

Great piece Dan! I completely agree that a clear vision and bold leadership is the most necessary thing for Seattle right now. Actually mobilizing towards the goals you mention is the only way for Seattle to stay healthy. If we try to cling to the past our future will look much like Baltimore and Detroit’s. But then, at least we would solve the issue of affordability.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:00:24 +0000

Great stuff, Dan. Excellent point about the “silo busters”, as I’ve seen the “siloization” (trademark pending) happen almost without exception when dealing with the City and a potentially simple situation. Neighborhood planning suffered from the siloization of tasks and then were just about killed altogether when the city eliminated one of the actual “silo buster” positions that was created from the planning process – the Neighborhood Planning Coordinator (or whatever the title was of folks like Thomas Whittemore, David Goldberg, and others – Roger knows these folks…)

I’m in… whatever the solution looks like, I’m in.